Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 2508: Chapter 23: Twenty-one Patterns and the Way of Cause and Effect

”Kill all the ancestral elders of the Cang Wolf Sect?” Elder Zhao’s face turned pale.

”The ancestral elders of the Cang Wolf Sect are not your ancestors, so it shouldn’t matter, right...” Mo Hua replied.

”This...” Elder Zhao’s expression was bitter.

Because the ancestral elders didn’t agree to him being the sect master, this Young Master Mo went ahead and killed all the ancestors of the Cang Wolf Sect lineage, then painted a blood mark endorsing himself as the sect leader of Cang Wolf Sect.

Elder Zhao only felt that this Young Master Mo was joking, but he couldn’t bring himself to laugh.

He couldn’t laugh, and instead felt deeply terrified.

If someone else had said this, he wouldn’t believe a word of it.

But when it comes from the mouth of this Young Master Mo, who appeared kind yet was terrifyingly unpredictable, Elder Zhao dared not disbelieve.

However...

”This Young Master Mo is clearly just at the Foundation Establishment Realm, yet able to commit so many atrocious deeds?”

”Is he really just at the Foundation Establishment Realm?”

Elder Zhao was filled with fear and after a long while, he realized he was still sitting on the ground, feeling extremely embarrassed. He got up and bowed to Mo Hua, speaking with reverence:

”Thank you, Young Master Mo... for bestowing the position of sect leader upon me.”

What else could he say at this point?

Mo Hua waved his hand, ”Elder Zhao, you are too polite. I don’t have such great ability to ’bestow’ the position of sect leader upon you. All of this was achieved through your own efforts, I merely gave you a tiny bit of ’insignificant’ help...”

Elder Zhao smiled bitterly.

”By the way, I should now call you ’Sect Master Zhao’, right,” Mo Hua continued.

Elder Zhao let out a slight sigh of relief, bowed respectfully to Mo Hua, and said:

”The sect leader token has...”

Elder Zhao paused, glanced at the blood mark that Mo Hua casually painted with unknown blood, and helplessly said:

”... it has the ’ancestor’s’ mark, and now I truly should be considered the sect leader of the Cang Wolf Sect.”

Mo Hua nodded, appearing pleased, then said:

”You are the sect leader now, then you can take me to the forbidden area of the Cang Wolf Sect.”

Having just become the sect leader and immediately taking an ’outsider’ to the sect’s forbidden area, such a betrayal...

Where would Sect Master Zhao dare to refuse?

In essence, his position as sect leader was ’graced’ upon him by Mo Hua.

Unable to refuse any favor, how could he dare utter a word of protest?

Yet...

Sect Master Zhao’s expression was bitter, somewhat hesitant.

Mo Hua’s tone was calm as he asked him: ”Is it inconvenient?”

Sect Master Zhao’s heart trembled instantly, fearing Mo Hua would say: ”If it’s inconvenient, I’ll find another sect leader to take me to the forbidden area...”

Sect Master Zhao, with a sincere expression, said: ”There’s nothing inconvenient, this Cang Wolf Sect, Young Master Mo, wherever you wish to go, you are welcome.”

Mo Hua nodded, appearing quite satisfied.

...

Later, the newly appointed Sect Master Zhao became a guide, leading Mo Hua into the forbidden area of the Cang Wolf Sect, where outsiders were prohibited from entering.

The forbidden area of the Cang Wolf Sect is situated deep within the sect’s inner mountain.

Inside the forbidden area, several cultivation technique inheritances, Taoist Skill secret manuals, artifact refining and alchemy diagrams, and formation method maps of the Cang Wolf Sect are stored.

Mo Hua glanced around briefly, finding it unremarkable and feeling somewhat disappointed.

However, that was to be expected.

He is a disciple of the ancient and prestigious fifth-grade major sect, the Taixu Gate.

During his time at Taixu Gate, he was exposed to completely comprehensive and superior Tao cultivation inheritances.

Even for the Sword Discussion Conference, not only Taixu Mountain, but the inheritances from both Tai’a and Chongxu sects were partially open to him.

In other words, he carries the legacy of the Taixu Gate, Tai’a Sect, and Chongxu Sect’s three Great Sects.

The Three Mountains are of the same origin.

Mo Hua actually possesses the legacy of that ancient Great Sect, long ago united as one, whose name is no longer spoken.

Although these inheritances contain only Foundation Establishment and very few parts of Golden Core realms.

Yet when compared to the Cang Wolf Sect, they are worlds apart.

Fifth-grade and third-grade power differ vastly.

But adhering to the philosophy of making no mistakes despite inconvenience, Mo Hua still went through the Cang Wolf Sect’s inheritances briefly.

He did not consider the cultivation techniques and Taoist skills, leaving them as of no use, focusing instead on the formation method maps, taking note of the unfamiliar variations, and made copies to broaden his horizons and deepen his formation knowledge.

Having done all this, Mo Hua held a wolf-head ocarina in his left hand and a copper coin in his right hand, began using some calculation power to deduce Mr. Witch’s aura.

Though Elder Zhao didn’t know what Mo Hua was doing, he continued to look upon him with awe.

Mo Hua fiddled with the copper coin, sought the location, and moments later his eyes brightened, navigating through the forbidden area’s winding paths till he arrived in front of a grand hall built at the mountain’s base.

The grand hall’s doors were tightly closed.

Mo Hua glanced at Sect Master Zhao.

Sect Master Zhao immediately took out the sect leader’s jade talisman, chanted a mantra, removed the seal, and opened the grand hall’s door.

Within the grand hall, it was tall and spacious, surrounded by wolf statues.

Mo Hua swept through with his divine sense, discerning the truth and falsity, and behind a large crouching wolf statue, he found a hidden door.

Sect Master Zhao tried using the sect leader’s jade talisman, but found it couldn’t open the hidden door, and helplessly looked to Mo Hua.

Mo Hua pondered for a moment, his fingertips lightly tracing, delineating some formation patterns.

As golden light illuminated, the formation was resolved, and the hidden door immediately opened.

Sect Master Zhao froze for a moment, his heart even more astonished by Mo Hua.

Mo Hua glanced at the secret chamber behind the hidden door, then turned to Sect Master Zhao, asking, ”Do you want to go inside?”

Sect Master Zhao, having just stepped forward, withdrew his foot.

How could he not understand Mo Hua’s implication, promptly choosing wisely: ”I will guard the door for Young Master Mo.”